So we left McMicking about 9 am in a "Gale force wind warning in effect for Hecate Straight". We put the poles down and the skiff up. If was grey and drizzly and windy with gust of 20 knots as we were pulling up the skiff. The wind was supposed to be blowing south south west. Since we were going pretty much due north we figured we would have the wind on our stern most of the trip and that wouldn't be as bad.
It was good we had the poles down. There was a time when we had a bit more of a beam sea and it was CVR. Poor Lilly. It was a bit chilly as well.
It is amazing how quickly she recovers! Within a few minutes of the anchor dropping she is back to her usual self - if not a little more so after sleeping half the day away!
As we got closer to Patterson Inlet the wind got stronger and it started raining hard. There are two little coves at the end of the inlet - the south cove is a little deeper. We anchored in the north cove in about 40 feet of water. It was raining hard and gusting up to 23 or so when we put out the anchor. With the wind blowing all around - it didn't seem to be coming for any one particular direction we ended up bringing up the anchor and repositioning the boat a little deeper into the cove. The wind gusted upwards of 32 at one point. It was the strangest wind as it seemed to come in from the northwest and swirl around the cove. Even though the wind was blowing from the southwest every where else. Fortunately it did eventually settle down a bit later in the evening. But the rain was heavy at times all night.
The shore for dog walks was poor - it was a C. Bears had been there from what Jim could tell. Jenny was quite interested in sniffing around the beach.
We set up the rubber tubing to catch rain water and with in two hours of our arrival we had 3 four gallon pails of water almost full to the top! We have decided to wash some of the dirty and smelly dog and cat towels.
We collected a lot of water. Washed and rinsed the washer full of dirty dog and cat towels. We ran the generator to wash and dry the towels. Nice to have dry pet towels. They were soaked and salty so with the damp weather they were just wet and sticky.
We had a curry soup/stew for dinner from a mix that we bought in Calgary at the lilac festival in August. It was pretty good. We put a piece of Red Snapper in the curry.
Jim was plotting out our next stop along the way - Captain Cove - for crab. And he realized once we were there we were only 36 or so miles from Prince Rupert. One more day of travel. So we decided we would go to Prince Rupert. Get some groceries and water and 3G and maybe a meal in a pub. Sounded like a good idea to me!
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